Sundance Review: You Won’t Be Alone is Lyrical, if Imitative Folklore Horror
In 19th-century Macedonia a desperate mother makes a deal with a witch. Rather than allow her only child to be taken from her immediately, the woman promises h...
Brianna Zigler
Sundance Review: Girl Picture is a Joyful, Predictable Coming-of-Age Collage
Mimmi (Aamu Milonoff), Rönkkö (Eleonoora Kauhanen), and Emma (Linnea Leino) are three ordinary girls trying to navigate the turbulence of teenage life. Mimmi i...
Sundance Review: A House Made of Splinters is a Fraught Portrait of War-Torn Children
A handful of moments in Simon Lereng Wilmont’s documentary A House Made of Splinters made me feel I’d accepted an invitation best declined. One such instance i...
Sundance Review: Hatching is a Horror Story for the Modern Family
Mother (Sophia Heikkilä) has the perfect family. The kind of family who would no doubt have made Adolf Hitler shed a single, wistful tear. It’s because of this...
Fantasia Review: Agnes is Not Your Mother’s Exorcism Movie
Agnes begins how any other possession film might––with the discovery of a demonic presence. When the convent of Saint Theresa fear there’s evil inhabiting the ...
Fantasia Review: Mark O’Brien’s Directorial Debut The Righteous is a Brooding, Murky Acting Showcase
After helming a number of shorts over the years, Canadian actor Mark O'Brien—who has appeared in major mainstream films like Arrival, Bad Times at the El Royal...
Fantasia Review: King Knight is a Superficial Hero’s Journey
Richard Bates Jr.’s King Knight has an approximation of many things: humor, story, idiosyncrasy, character depth and likeability, production design, dialogue, ...
Sundance Review: Mother Schmuckers is an Irreverent Exercise in Provocation Without Pathos
In their debut feature film, directing duo Harpo and Lenny Guit craft a narrative unlike any other. Mother Schmuckers (Fils de Plouc in their native French) op...
Sundance Review: Pandemic Drama The Pink Cloud Disturbingly Reckons a Worst-Case Lockdown Scenario
Iuli Gerbase’s The Pink Cloud starts off with a disclaimer: “This film was written in 2017 and shot in 2019. Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidenta...
Sundance Review: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is a Moving Portrait of a Tragic, Unique Life Lived
In 1971, Björn Andrésen was the most beautiful boy in the world. In 2019, he’s the elder of a neopagan commune in rural Sweden, whose inability to commit suici...
Brianna Zigler
Brianna Zigler is a freelance entertainment journalist based in the Boston suburbs. Her work has appeared at Film School Rejects, Thrillist, Little White Lies, and elsewhere.